Warning: Hints of slash! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T LIKE! Igthorn/Gusto
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He waves the ogres off and closes the doors.
He begins to remove his armor placing them by the table.
Gusto remained silent. He wasn't expecting him back so early.
Noticing his odd behavior Igthorn walks over and sits by the bear.
"Surprise to see me?"
"Yes."
"Well, we hit an army of Calvin's men on our way back. So bothersome that boy had grew up to be. Makes me miss the days when Gregor was king."
He stops to take a moment to look at the bear.
"I see you're wearing the robe I got you."
Nervous he takes a sip from the glass of wine .
"Oh yeah. Thank you."
He walks over to feel the material.
"Made of the finest silk. It suits you Augustus."
He brushes the hair from the bear's face.
"Beautiful."
Gusto pushes his face closer to the hand.
"Thank you my Lord."
Igthorn knew that something was bothering the bear as soon as he becomes so formal with him.
"What's bothering you? You seem distant?"
"Nothing."
"You're lying."
Gusto let's out a short laugh giving the other man a suspicious look.
"How can you tell?"
Noticing the glass of wine he takes it and pours himself a drink.
"I've known you for too long I suppose."
Happy to have that heavy armor off he takes a seat by Gusto.
"Too long."
Igthorn gulps down the glass of wine.
"I'll be leaving again tomorrow and this time I want you to come."
That was something he wasn't expecting.
"What? You're going to attack Dunwyn Castle?"
"Why not?"
"Shouldn't we be using this time to train and regroup for the Great Gummies? We could use every help we can get."
"Tomorrow we take out Dunwyn and in the coming weeks we take out The Great Gummies. My orders are final Augustus. Tomorrow you will be there along my side attacking Dunwyn so prepare."
"Don't do this! It will be our downfall."
He walks over and takes Igthorn's hand.
"Trust me Igthorn. If we just hold out for the Great Gummi arrival we can accomplish so much more."
The man cupped the bear's chin. Bending down he kisses the bear close to his lip.
"Tomorrow Augustus. Prepare for battle."
He leaves the room in order to prepare his bath.
"Think Gusto! Think!"
He had sacrificed so much just to see it all go down the drain because of Igthorn's thirst for power. This attack would ruin everything.
Before he could come up with a plan Igthorn had returned.
"What are you up to Augustus? You know I don't like surprises."
"No. I'm fine. Getting ready for bed that's all. Big day tomorrow."
Igthorn walks over to a bag to only pick it and place it near Gusto.
"What's this?"
"A while ago I had managed to have this made."
Suspicious at first he looks through the bag.
"It's a suit of armor."
"Do you like it?"
He was always so eager to make him happy in such the wrong ways.
"Yea…yeah. It's great."
The man could only smile as he bend down to place his face in the crook of Gusto's neck.
He took a whiff of the painter's fur.
Gusto could only close his eyes.
"My Lord?"
Igthorn lifted the bear to only pin him on the floor.
Sprawled on the cold concrete floor he stares up into brown eyes.
Ightorn stares back and uses the opportunity to comb his finger through the luscious blue hair out of Gusto's face.
"What are you hiding from me Augustus?"
Swallowing hard he tries to remain relaxed. He replies nerviously.
"Don't you trust me?"
The Duke smiling leans forward so that his lips barely touched Gusto's ear.
"No."
Gusto stood very still. He takes another hard breath in.
"No?"
With his arms still pinned to the floor, Gusto mercifully looks up at his master.
"No Augustus."
"Why?"
"You left everything you loved to be here and stand by my side. What says that you won't do the same to me?"
His comments were now coming off a bit hurtful. Gusto didn't want to play this game with him.
"Stop it."
"I come home after a long failed trip with gifts to only find you in my quarters questioning my authority. You drink only when you're nervous and there upon my table is a glass of wine already half empty."
He could feel the pressure in his arms increase but not to the point where it hurt. Igthorn might have gotten upset with him once in a while but had never hurt him.
"Tell me Augustus. What happened here tonight hmmmm?"
"I told you already noth-"
"You're lying. I'm going to ask you one more time."
Did he know? There was no way he could have.
Gusto hated being pinned down. It made him feel powerless and childlike at the same time. Tears of anger began to develop in his eyes.
"Igthorn. I said stop."
"Oh now I'm Igthorn? Tell me Gusto. Do you like being pinned? Just like you were pinned under that tree right before I saved you?"
That was exactly why he hated to be pinned down.
"Get off."
"Not before you tell me what happened tonight."
"NO!"
He took both of Gusto's hands and lifted his other hand in the air as if he was going to slap the bear. Right before his hand had touched the bear there was a knock on the door.
A tiny ogre had managed to open the door.
"Oh mighty Dookie! Save poor innocent Toadie! The ogres wish to use tiny insignificant Toadie for there new game 'Kick the Toadie'."
Angry by the interruption he grabs the wine glass and throws it towards the tiny ogre.
"Get out you idiot!"
The glass hits the wall just inches from hitting Toadie.
"Yes Dukeums…Toadie sorry."
The ogre closes the door leaving the pair alone once more.
Looking back down he sees Gusto staring at him with a furious stare.
"There are times where you test my nerves Augustus. Today is one of those days."
"I gave it all up to be here didn't I? What more do you want from me?"
"The truth Augustus. The truth!"
That's when he lets the bear go.
Gusto sits up to fix his robe. The man doesn't say another word. He sits there looking at the bear disappointed.
"Go to my quarters."
Gusto simply gets up and does what he's told.
"Aren't you coming?"
Igthorn waves him off.
Gusto takes his leave.
Igthorn sits there pondering to himself.
He presses his hands to his eyes to help him think. He looks over to see something weird.
The tiles on the floor had appeared uneven from where he was sitting.
Curious he gets up to investigate.
He wasn't seeing things. The tiles were uneven.
He bends down to help get a closer view. Reaching down he pulls up, pulling out the stone piece.
It was a tunnel big enough for a gummi to crawl through.
He looks out the window out towards the moat. There he could clearly see several fresh footprints.
"Gummi Bears? Here?"
Gusto had lied to him. He had deliberately lied to him.
Blinded by anger he reaches for his sword and heads towards his quarters.
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